Shirt form and fastener.



H. A. JENKINS.

SHIRT FORM AND FASTENBR. APILIUATION FILED APR. 3, 1908.

905,322 Patented Dec. 1,1908.

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. 1 ATTORNEY HORACE A'. JENKINS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

snm'r FORM AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

Application filed April 3, 1908. Serial No. 425,080.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Homer A. JENKINS, citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirt Forms and Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to a new article of manufacture for use in connection with laundered shirts as hereinafter described in the specification and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device consisting of a stiffening board and a pin fastening means secured to said board whereby the folds of the shirt are held in position and the shirt prevented from being creased. I attain this object by means of the shirt stiffening and fastening device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like numerals of reference designate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a view of the back of a shirt showing my stiffening board applied thereto and the folds of the shirt secured in position by the fastening device of said stiffening boa-rd; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional perspective view of the same; Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective View of the stiffening board and the pin fastenings thereof; Fig. f is a front view of the stiffening board showing the fastening pinssecured thereto and projecting from the surface thereof; Fig. 5 is a broken back view of the same showing the manner in which the fastening pin is secured to the stiffening board; and, Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the same taken along the line 66 in Fig. 5.

The stiffening board 1, which may be of card board, or other analogous material, is cut to a width equal to the width of the breast of the shirt and a length equal to the length of the breast.

The stiffening board 1, is placed on the back 2 of the laundered shirt and the shoulders 3 of said shirt are folded over said stiffening board, so that the fastening pins 4 of said stiffening'board may penetrate the top portions of the shoulders of the shirt near the collar thereof. The sides of the shirt are also folded along with the shoulders of the shirt over and upon the stiffening board thereof, so that the width of the folded shirt will be about the width of the breast 3 of the shirt, and the stiffening board. The skirts 5 of the shirt are then folded over the side folds thereof, and against the stiffening board, and the ends of said skirt are passed over upon the points of the projecting ends of the fasteners 4c which latter after being bent to penetrate the loose end of said skirt are bent over against the outer side of the latter, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Each of the fasteners 4 are constructed of a single piece of wire bent in the form of a staple so that one leg 6 thereof will be shorter than the other. The longer leg being that much longer than the shorter leg that the additional length thereof will be equal to the length of the projecting pin portion 4 of the fastener. The legs of the staple constructed are first inserted in the card board near the top edge thereof so that the legs 4 and 6 thereof will project from the back surface of the stiffening board. The projecting legs I and 6 of the staple are then folded over against the surface of the back of the stiffening board, as shown in Fig. 5, around the edges thereof and back over the front surface of the board, shown in Figs. 3 and 4; the shorter leg 6 of the staple reaching to the bar of the loop of the staple, and the longer leg extending over said bar 7 of the staple, and bent to project perpendicularly from the surface of the board 1, as shown particularly in Figs. 3 and 6, to form the pin fastenings i.

I claim:

1. A stiffening board and fastening for shirts, comprising a flat rectangular board of card-board or other analogous stiff material and a pin fastening means consisting of a pointed pin situatednear each of the top corners of said board and permanently secured thereto with the pointed end of said pin projecting perpendicularly from the surface of said board to readily penetrate the folds of the folded shirt and be bent over thereupon.

2. A stiffening board and fastener, comprising a flat board member of rectangular form adapted to be inserted in the folds of a folded garment, and a pin fastening means situated near the top corner portions of said inserted board and each; pin bent to form a staple the legs of which are of unequal length said legs first made to penetrate through the stifiening board to project bei In testimony whereof l aflix my signature yond the rear surfaice thereof then bent (giver in presence of two witnesses.

u on said rear sur ace, then over the e ge, w T Y aiid upon the top surface of said board, the HORACE 5 longer pointed end portion being bent to Witnesses:

project at right angles to the top surface of THOMPSON R. BELL,

said board to engage the folds of the garment. FRANCIS M. SPRINGER. 

